Lagos Open (2000–present)

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Lagos Open
Tournament information
Event nameLagos
LocationLagos, Nigeria
VenueLagos Lawn Tennis Club
CategoryITF Women's Circuit
ITF Men's Circuit
SurfaceHard
Draw32S/32Q/16D
Prize money$25,000
Websiteofficial website

Lagos Open is an International Tennis Federation accredited tournament that takes place annually at Lagos Lawn Tennis Club. It is classified as a $25,000 tournament on the Women's and Men's Circuit, and has been held in Lagos, Nigeria. Due to the West African Ebola virus epidemic, the 14th edition was competed only by African players and was made a non-point winning tournament by ITF. By 2015, the move has reversed, and the competition regained its international status.[1] In 2018, the competition was renamed from "Governor's Cup Lagos Tennis" to "Lagos Open", which was stated by the organizers as a procedure from ITF to increase the prestige of the competition from a Futures tournaments to a Challenger series.[2][3] The total prize money for the 2017 edition was $100,000.[4]

Past finals[edit]

Women's singles[edit]

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2019 (2) India Riya Bhatia Slovenia Nastja Kolar 7–5, 1–6, 6–3[5]
2019 (1) Burundi Sada Nahimana Brazil Laura Pigossi 2–6, 6–4, 6–3[6]
2018 (2) India Pranjala Yadlapalli Switzerland Conny Perrin 6–1, 7–6(7–2)
2018 (1) India Pranjala Yadlapalli Switzerland Conny Perrin 2–6, 7–5, 6–0[7]
2017 (2) Switzerland Conny Perrin Israel Deniz Khazaniuk 7–6(13–11), 6–3
2017 (1) Israel Deniz Khazaniuk Switzerland Conny Perrin 4–6, 6–1, 6–3
2016 (2) Switzerland Conny Perrin Slovenia Tadeja Majerič 6–3, 6–3
2016 (1) Slovenia Tadeja Majerič Switzerland Conny Perrin 3–6, 6–1, 6–1
2015 (2) Switzerland Conny Perrin Slovenia Tadeja Majerič 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
2015 (1) France Tessah Andrianjafitrimo Slovenia Tadeja Majerič 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
2014 * Madagascar Zarah Razafimahatratra Nigeria Sarah Adegoke 6–0, 6–1
2013 (2) Italy Gioia Barbieri Russia Nina Bratchikova 3–6, 6–3, 3–0 ret.
2013 (1) Slovenia Tadeja Majerič Slovenia Dalila Jakupović 7–5, 7–5
2012 (2) Romania Cristina Dinu Switzerland Conny Perrin 6–3, 6–3
2012 (1) Romania Cristina Dinu South Africa Chanel Simmonds 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
2011 (2) Belgium Tamaryn Hendler Croatia Donna Vekić 6–4, 7–5
2011 (1) Ukraine Elina Svitolina Croatia Donna Vekić 6–4, 6–3
2010 (2) Russia Nina Bratchikova Slovakia Zuzana Kučová 7–5, 6–1
2010 (1) Slovakia Zuzana Kučová France Natalie Piquion 6–2, 6–0
2009 (2) Slovakia Zuzana Kučová Russia Nina Bratchikova 6–0, 7–6(7–5)
2009 (1) Slovakia Zuzana Kučová Greece Anna Gerasimou 6–3, 7–5
2008 (2) Slovakia Zuzana Kučová Romania Ágnes Szatmári 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–3
2008 (1) Belgium Tamaryn Hendler India Ankita Bhambri 6–3, 2–6, 6–3
2007 (2) South Africa Chanelle Scheepers Slovakia Zuzana Kučová 6–2, 6–0
2007 (1) Slovakia Zuzana Kučová Germany Syna Kayser 6–2, 6–2
2006 (2) Romania Magda Mihalache Romania Ágnes Szatmári 6–1, 3–6, 6–4
2006 (1) Poland Magdalena Kiszczyńska Germany Laura Siegemund 6–4, 6–2
2005 (2) United Kingdom Anne Keothavong Slovenia Maša Zec Peškirič 6–3, 7–6(9–7)
2005 (1) Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská United Kingdom Anne Keothavong 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
2004 (2) India Sania Mirza South Africa Chanelle Scheepers 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–5
2004 (1) India Sania Mirza United States Tiffany Dabek 6–3, 5–7, 6–3
2003 (2) Germany Franziska Etzel South Africa Michelle Snyman 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
2003 (1) Egypt Heidi El Tabakh India Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram 6–4, 6–4
2002
not held
2001 Cameroon Lillie Nzudie
2000 Nigeria Osaro Amadin Nigeria Aminat Balogun
*Due to the West African Ebola virus epidemic, the 14th edition was competed only by African players and was made a non-point winning tournament by ITF

Women's doubles[edit]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2019 (2) India Rutuja Bhosale
Brazil Laura Pigossi
Egypt Sandra Samir
India Prarthana Thombare
6–3, 6–7(3–7), [10–6]
2019 (1) India Rutuja Bhosale
Brazil Laura Pigossi
Egypt Sandra Samir
India Prarthana Thombare
4–6, 6–4, [10–7][8]
2018 (2) Bulgaria Julia Terziyska
Netherlands Rosalie van der Hoek
Netherlands Merel Hoedt
Netherlands Noa Liauw a Fong
6–4, 6–4
2018 (1) Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková
Bulgaria Julia Terziyska
France Estelle Cascino
Israel Deniz Khazaniuk
6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–7]
2017 (2) Switzerland Conny Perrin
Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova
Slovenia Tadeja Majerič
United Kingdom Tiffany William
6–1, 6–2
2017 (1) Turkey Ayla Aksu
Montenegro Ana Veselinović
Switzerland Conny Perrin
Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova
6–4, 6–2
2016 (2) Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou
India Prarthana Thombare
India Kyra Shroff
India Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal
6–7(3–7), 6–3, [11–9]
2016 (1) Netherlands Chayenne Ewijk
Netherlands Rosalie van der Hoek
Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou
India Prarthana Thombare
7–5, 6–3
2015 (2) Bulgaria Julia Terziyska
India Prarthana Thombare
Slovenia Tadeja Majerič
Switzerland Conny Perrin
4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
2015 (1) Russia Margarita Lazareva
Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova
Zimbabwe Valeria Bhunu
Israel Ester Masuri
6–1, 6–2
2014 Nigeria Sarah Adegoke
Madagascar Tessah Andrianjafitrimo

2013 (2) Oman Fatma Al-Nabhani
Italy Gioia Barbieri
Switzerland Conny Perrin
South Africa Chanel Simmonds
1–6, 6–4, [10–8]
2013 (1) United Kingdom Naomi Broady
United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith
Oman Fatma Al-Nabhani
Romania Cristina Dinu
3–6, 6–4, [10–7]
2012 (2) Switzerland Conny Perrin
South Africa Chanel Simmonds
China Lu Jiajing
China Lu Jiaxiang
6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
2012 (1) Switzerland Conny Perrin
South Africa Chanel Simmonds
Russia Nina Bratchikova
Russia Margarita Lazareva
6–1, 6–1
2011 (2) Austria Melanie Klaffner
Romania Ágnes Szatmári
Montenegro Danka Kovinić
Ukraine Elina Svitolina
6–0, 6–7(1–7), [10–5]
2011 (1) Russia Nina Bratchikova
Austria Melanie Klaffner
Slovenia Tadeja Majerič
Bulgaria Aleksandrina Naydenova
7–5, 5–7, [10–6]
2010 (2) Austria Melanie Klaffner
Poland Karolina Kosińska
Russia Nina Bratchikova
Romania Ágnes Szatmári
3–6, 7–5, [10–7]
2010 (1) Russia Nina Bratchikova
Romania Ágnes Szatmári
Sweden Anna Brazhnikova
Russia Anastasia Mukhametova
6–4, 6–3
2009 (2) Russia Nina Bratchikova
Greece Anna Gerasimou
Israel Chen Astrogo
Israel Keren Shlomo
6–4, 7–5
2009 (1) Russia Nina Bratchikova
Greece Anna Gerasimou
Sweden Anna Brazhnikova
Russia Anastasia Mukhametova
7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–1)
2008 (2) Russia Elena Chalova
Russia Valeria Savinykh
India Rushmi Chakravarthi
India Isha Lakhani
6–7(6–8), 6–3, [10–7]
2008 (1) South Africa Surina De Beer
Romania Ágnes Szatmári
Belgium Tamaryn Hendler
Italy Lisa Sabino
7–6(9–7), 6–3
2007 (2) South Africa Kelly Anderson
South Africa Chanelle Scheepers
Belarus Iryna Kuryanovich
Romania Ágnes Szatmári
1–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2007 (1) South Africa Kelly Anderson
South Africa Chanelle Scheepers
Belarus Iryna Kuryanovich
Romania Ágnes Szatmári
0–6, 6–3, [10–8]
2006 (2) South Africa Surina De Beer
Romania Ágnes Szatmári
India Sanaa Bhambri
India Rushmi Chakravarthi
6–3, 6–1
2006 (1) Romania Magda Mihalache
Germany Laura Siegemund
Italy Lisa Sabino
Thailand Montinee Tangphong
6–3, 6–3
2005 (2) India Ankita Bhambri
India Sanaa Bhambri
India Rushmi Chakravarthi
India Punam Reddy
walkover
2005 (1) South Africa Surina De Beer
Spain Gabriela Velasco Andreu
Italy Lisa Sabino
Slovenia Maša Zec Peškirič
6–4, 6–2
2004 (2) South Africa Surina De Beer
South Africa Chanelle Scheepers
India Sania Mirza
New Zealand Shelley Stephens
6–0, 6–0
2004 (1) India Sania Mirza
New Zealand Shelley Stephens
South Africa Surina De Beer
South Africa Chanelle Scheepers
6–1, 6–4
2003 (2) Egypt Heidi El Tabakh
Egypt Yomna Farid
South Africa Lizaan du Plessis
Egypt Noha Mohsen
6–1, 5–7, 6–1
2003 (1) United Kingdom Rebecca Dandeniya
South Africa Michelle Snyman
Egypt Heidi El Tabakh
Egypt Yomna Farid
7–5, 6–3

Men's singles[edit]

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2019 (2) France Calvin Hemery Bosnia and Herzegovina Aldin Šetkić 4–2 ret.[9]
2019 (1) France Calvin Hemery Bosnia and Herzegovina Aldin Šetkić 6–1, 6–2[10]
2018 (2) United Kingdom Jack Draper France Tom Jomby 1–6, 6–3, 6–4[11]
2018 (1) France Tom Jomby France Arthur Rinderknech 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2017 (2) Serbia Peđa Krstin France Johan Tatlot 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
2017 (1) Serbia Peđa Krstin Netherlands Stephan Fransen 6–2, 6–3[12]
2016 (2) Spain Enrique López Pérez France Calvin Hemery 7–5, 7–5[13]
2016 (1) Spain Enrique López Pérez France Gianni Mina 6–2, 6–7(7–9), 6–1
2015 (2) Netherlands Antal van der Duim Zimbabwe Takanyi Garanganga 6–3, 7–6(7–0)[14]
2015 (1) Bosnia and Herzegovina Aldin Šetkić France Sadio Doumbia 6–2, 6–0
2014 Nigeria Michael Moses Uganda Duncan Mugabe 6–0, 6–1[15]
2013 (2) Croatia Ante Pavić India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 6–4, 6–3[16][17]
2013 (1) Croatia Borna Ćorić Croatia Ante Pavić 6–4, 6–3
2012 (2) Spain Enrique López Pérez South Africa Ruan Roelofse 6–0, 6–4
2012 (1) Spain Enrique López Pérez Egypt Sherif Sabry 7–5, 1–6, 6–4[18]
2011 (2) Slovenia Kamil Čapkovič India Vijayant Malik 6–2, 7–5
2011 (1) India Yuki Bhambri South Africa Ruan Roelofse 7–5, 7–5
2010 (2) India Karan Rastogi South Africa Ruan Roelofse 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 7–5
2010 (1) Israel Amir Weintraub India Karan Rastogi 2–6, 6–4, 7–5
2009 (2) Morocco Reda El Amrani Israel Gilad Ben Zvi 6–3, 6–3
2009 (1) Morocco Reda El Amrani Netherlands Boy Westerhof 6–3, 6–3
2008 (2) Slovakia Kamil Čapkovič Russia Ilya Belyaev 6–3, 6–2
2008 (1) Slovakia Kamil Čapkovič India Divij Sharan 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
2007 (2) United Kingdom Alexander Slabinsky Romania Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd 6–4, 6–3
2007 (1) Netherlands Boy Westerhof Morocco Reda El Amrani 6–3, 6–4
2006 (2) Ukraine Illya Marchenko Togo Komlavi Loglo 7–5, 6–3
2006 (1) Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Dodig Ukraine Illya Marchenko 6–3, 6–4
2005 (2) Togo Komlavi Loglo Qatar Johar-Mubarak Segodo 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
2005 (1) Ghana Henry Adjei-Darko Ivory Coast Valentin Sanon 5–7, 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
2004 (2) Germany Sebastian Fitz South Africa Roger Anderson 6–3, 6-7(9–11), 6–3
2004 (1) Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Germany Sebastian Fitz 2–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–3
2003 (2) South Africa Raven Klaasen Austria Martin Slanar 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
2003 (1) South Africa Wesley Whitehouse South Africa Willem-Petrus Meyer 6–4, 6–2
2002
not held
2001 Nigeria Sule Ladipo Mali Mohamed-Sekou Drame 1–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2000 Ivory Coast Claude N'Goran Benin Christophe Pognon 6–2, 6–4, 6–3

Men's doubles[edit]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2019 (2) Zimbabwe Benjamin Lock
Zimbabwe Courtney John Lock
United States William Bushamuka
India Aryan Goveas
6–2, 6–4
2019 (1) Tunisia Aziz Dougaz
Tunisia Skander Mansouri
Zimbabwe Benjamin Lock
Zimbabwe Courtney John Lock
7–6(7–4), 6–3
2018 (2) Zimbabwe Benjamin Lock
Zimbabwe Courtney John Lock
France Tom Jomby
Benin Alexis Klégou
3–6, 6–4, [10–7]
2018 (1) Ukraine Danylo Kalenichenko
Brazil Diego Matos
United States William Bushamuka
France Arthur Rinderknech
6–2, 5–7, [10–7]
2017 (2) Croatia Ivan Sabanov
Croatia Matej Sabanov
India Chandril Sood
India Lakshit Sood
6–3, 6–4
2017 (1) Croatia Ivan Sabanov
Croatia Matej Sabanov
France Tom Jomby
France Johan Tatlot
4–6, 7–5, [10–5]
2016 (2) Spain Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Benin Alexis Klégou
Poland Karol Drzewiecki
Poland Maciej Smola
6–4, 6–1
2016 (1) Spain Enrique López Pérez
Netherlands Boy Westerhof
France Calvin Hemery
France Gianni Mina
6–2, 6–3
2015 (2) South Africa Lloyd Harris
Egypt Karim-Mohamed Maamoun
Netherlands David Pel
Netherlands Antal van der Duim
7–5, 7–6(8–6)
2015 (1) Netherlands David Pel
Netherlands Antal van der Duim
South Africa Lloyd Harris
Egypt Karim-Mohamed Maamoun
6–3, 6–2
2014

2013 (2) Croatia Ante Pavić
South Africa Ruan Roelofse
Croatia Borna Ćorić
Croatia Dino Marcan
7–5, 6–3
2013 (1) Croatia Ante Pavić
South Africa Ruan Roelofse
Croatia Borna Ćorić
Croatia Dino Marcan
7–6(7–3), 6–2
2012 (2) Slovakia Kamil Čapkovič
South Africa Ruan Roelofse
Italy Alessandro Bega
Spain Enrique López Pérez
6–1, 6–2
2012 (1) Slovakia Kamil Čapkovič
South Africa Ruan Roelofse
Italy Alessandro Bega
Spain Enrique López Pérez
6–4, 6–2
2011 (2) France Paterne Mamata
Uzbekistan Vaja Uzakov
Nigeria Abdulmumin Babalola
Senegal Daouda Ndiaye
7–5, 3–6, [10–6]
2011 (1) India Yuki Bhambri
India Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
India Karan Rastogi
India Vishnu Vardhan
6–2, 7–5
2010 (2) Israel Amir Weintraub
Netherlands Boy Westerhof
South Africa Raven Klaasen
South Africa Ruan Roelofse
5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
2010 (1) Israel Amir Weintraub
Netherlands Boy Westerhof
Belgium Niels Desein
France Laurent Rochette
walkover
2009 (2) United States John Paul Fruttero
Romania Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd
Togo Komlavi Loglo
Ivory Coast Valentin Sanon
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
2009 (1) Morocco Reda El Amrani
Morocco Anas Fattar
Togo Komlavi Loglo
Ivory Coast Valentin Sanon
6–4, 3–6, [10–3]
2008 (2) Slovakia Kamil Čapkovič
Netherlands Boy Westerhof
Russia Ilya Belyaev
Russia Sergei Krotiouk
6–3, 7–6(7–2)
2008 (1) India Rohan Gajjar
India Divij Sharan
Russia Pavel Chekhov
Belarus Pavel Katliarov
7–6(8–6), 6–7(2–7), [10–7]
2007 (2) Nigeria Abdulmumin Babalola
Nigeria Jonathan Igbinovia
Nigeria Candy Idoko
Nigeria Lawal Shehu
6–3, 6–4
2007 (1) India Navdeep Singh
United Kingdom Alexander Slabinsky
Israel Idan Mark
Israel Amir Weintraub
7–6(7–2), 3–6, [10–7]
2006 (2) Nigeria Abdulmumin Babalola
Togo Komlavi Loglo
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Dodig
Bosnia and Herzegovina Zlatan Kadric
7–5, 7–5
2006 (1) Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Dodig
Bosnia and Herzegovina Zlatan Kadric
Netherlands Floris Kilian
Netherlands Boy Westerhof
6–3, 7–6(7–2)
2005 (2) Togo Komlavi Loglo
Ivory Coast Valentin Sanon
El Salvador Rafael Arévalo
Germany Alexander Satschko
3–6, 6–4, 6–1
2005 (1) El Salvador Rafael Arévalo
Germany Alexander Satschko
United Kingdom Colin Beecher
United Kingdom Ross Hutchins
6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–4
2004 (2) South Africa Roger Anderson
Slovenia Luka Gregorc
Chile Juan Ignacio Cerda
Netherlands Jasper Smit
6–3, 6–2
2004 (1) Togo Komlavi Loglo
Ivory Coast Valentin Sanon
Switzerland Fabian Roetschi
Switzerland Benjamin-David Rufer
7–5, 6–1
2003 (2) Zimbabwe Genius Chidzikwe
South Africa Raven Klaasen
Israel Eliran Dooyev
Israel Maor Zirkin
walkover
2003 (1) South Africa Wesley Whitehouse
South Africa Willem-Petrus Meyer
Austria Martin Slanar
Israel Tomer Suissa
7–6(7–3), 6–3

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